EPPO Global Database

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae(FUSALC)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (England)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/114) : first outbreak was reported in October 2017 (location not given). Detected in May/June 2018 in Lancashire (England).

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/173) : new outbreaks were fond in glasshouse lettuce crops in Lancashire, and in Cambridge.
References
* ProMed posting (no. 20180618.5861084) of 2018-06-18. Fusarium wilt, lettuce - UK: England. http://www.promedmail.org/post/5861084

* ProMed posting (no. 20180910.6018539) of 2018-09-10. Fusarium wilt, lettuce - Ireland: 1st rep, UK spread. https://www.promedmail.org/post/6018539

* Taylor A, Jackson AC, Clarkson JP (2019) First report of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae Race 4 causing lettuce wilt in England and Ireland. Plant Disease 103(5), p 1033.